Object Details
Creator
Science Service
Subject
Gibson, Jane Blankenship
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Summary
The caption accompanying this 1961 image reads: "Mrs. Carl Gibson who as Jane Blankenship won high science honors in school, combines her scientific work with advanced studies and homemaking." As a student at Oak Ridge High School, Blankenship won a number of honors. While completing a B.S. in chemistry at the University of Tennessee, she worked during the summers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where her father was a physical chemist. By 1961, she had married a chemical engineer, moved to California, and was working as a spectroscopist for Lockheed Aircraft. Her photograph was used to illustrate a news story about "sex desegregation" in science and the importance of encouraging more women to become scientists if the United States was to compete effectively in the Cold War.
Cite as
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0272
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
November 1961
Local number
SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0272]
Restrictions & Rights
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Copyright Not Evaluated
Type
Black-and-white photographs
Data Source
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Topic
Spectrum analysis
Women scientists
Record ID
siris_arc_290334